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63 Cards in this Set
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abate
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to reduce in amount, degree or severity
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abdicate
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to renounce or relinquish a throne
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aberrant
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abnormal or deviant
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abeyance
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suspended action
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abject
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utterly hopeless, humiliating or wretched
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abjure
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to renounce/reject under oath
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ablution
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act of washing away: cleansing
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abrogate
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to do away with; abolish by formal means
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abscond
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to go away secretly and hide
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abstemious
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sparing in eating and drinking; temperate
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abstruse
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hard to understand; secret, hidden
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accretion
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an increase by natural growth
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acerbic
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sour or bitter in tone/taste, harsh in temper
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acquiesce
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to give in, comply
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acrid
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sharp or biting to taste or smell
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acrimonious (acrimony)
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caustic, stinging or bitter in nature (bitterness)
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adjoin
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to be close or in contact with
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adjure
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to beg or command
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admonish
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to warn against something; caution; reprove
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adulterate
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to make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
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adventitious
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accidental
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aesthetic
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artistic; dealing with or capable of appreciating the beautiful
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affable
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friendly, courteous
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aggrandize
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to increase in power, influence, and reputation
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aggregate
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gather; accumulate
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alacrity
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cheerful promptness; swiftness with eagerness
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alleviate
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relieve
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altruist
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a person unselfishly concerned with the welfare of others
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amalgamate
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to combine; unite in one body
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amatory
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of or pertaining to lovers or lovemaking
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ambiguous
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unclear or doubtful in meaning
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ambivalence
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state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes; unable to decide
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ameliorate
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to make better; to improve
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amity
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friendship; peaceful harmony
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anachronism
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something/someone misplaced in time; an obsolete or archaic form
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analogous
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comparable
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anarchy
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absence of governing body; state of disorder
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androgen
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any substance that promotes masculine characteristics
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androgynous
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being both male and female
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animus
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hostile feeling or attitude
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anomalous
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abnormal; irregular; out of place
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antipathy
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aversion; dislike
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apartheid
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any system or caste that separates people according to race
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apathy
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lack of interest or emotion; uncaring; indifference
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apogee
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the highest or most distant point; apex
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apostasy
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renunciation of one's previous loyalty; a total desertion of one's religion, principles, cause, etc.
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apotheosis
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glorification, glorified ideal
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appease
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pacify or soothe; conciliate
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apprise
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inform
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approbation
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approval; praise, consideration
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appropriate
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acquire; take possession of for one's own use
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arduous
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hard; strenuous
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arrogate
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to claim unwarrantably or presumptuously
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artless
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without guile; open and honest
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ascetic
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practicing self-denial; austere
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assiduous
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diligent, persistent, hardworking
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assuage
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to make less severe; ease or lessen (pain); satisfy (hunger); soothe (anger)
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atrophy
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to waste away; wither or deteriorate; the wasting away of body tissue
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attentuate
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make thinner
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audacious
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daring; bold
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austere
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forbiddingly stern in appearance; severely simple unornamented
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autonomous
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self-governing; independent
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aver
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assert confidently or declare; as used in law, state formally as a fact
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